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Jun 4, 2020

How DNA and RNA subunits might have formed to make the first genetic alphabet

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

Understanding the prebiotic origins of the nucleic acids is a long-standing challenge. The latest experiments support the idea that the first nucleic acid encoded information using a mixed ‘alphabet’ of RNA and DNA subunits. RNA and DNA nucleosides might have emerged together on prebiotic Earth.

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